eight : Idioms & Phrases

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eight ball

  • noun a black pool ball bearing the number 8; should be the last to go in certain pool games
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eight-day

  • adjective satellite lasting for eight days
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eight-fold

  • adjective satellite having eight units or components
    eightfold; octuple.
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eight-membered

  • adjective satellite of a chemical compound having a ring with eight members
    8-membered.
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eight-sided

  • adjective satellite having eight sides
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eight-spot

  • noun one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face
    eight.
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eighter from decatur

  • noun the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
    ogdoad; octet; octad; eight; VIII; eighter; 8; octonary.
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eighty-eight

  • adjective satellite being eight more than eighty
    88; lxxxviii.
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Estoile of eight points

  • a star which has four straight and four wavy rays.
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fifty-eight

  • adjective satellite being eight more than fifty
    lviii; 58.
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figure eight

  • noun a knot having the shape of the numeral 8; tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose
    figure eight.
  • noun a skating figure that carves an 8 in the ice
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figure of eight

  • noun a knot having the shape of the numeral 8; tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose
    figure eight.
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Figure-of-eight knot

  • a knot shaped like the figure 8. See Illust. under Knot.
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forty-eight

  • adjective satellite being eight more than forty
    xlviii; 48.
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ninety-eight

  • adjective satellite being eight more than ninety
    xcviii; 98.
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Piece of eight

  • noun an old silver Spanish coin; worth 8 reales
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  • the Spanish piaster, formerly divided into eight reals.
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section eight

  • noun a soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service
  • noun a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable
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seventy-eight

  • noun the cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and eight
    LXXVIII; 78.
  • noun a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute
    78.
  • adjective satellite being eight more than seventy
    lxxviii; 78.
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sixty-eight

  • adjective satellite being eight more than sixty
    68; lxviii.
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thirty-eight

  • adjective satellite being eight more than thirty
    38; xxxviii.
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twenty-eight

  • noun the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-seven and one
    28; XXVIII.
  • adjective satellite being eight more than twenty
    28; xxviii.
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